Allergy to ceftazidime/avibactam: diagnosis 
and desensitization

Mattia Cristallo; Nada Chaoul; Marcello Albanesi; Eustachio Nettis; Attilio Di Girolamo

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Allergy to ceftazidime/avibactam: diagnosis and desensitization

Mattia Cristallo

¹

,

Nada Chaoul

²

,

Marcello Albanesi

³

,

Eustachio Nettis

¹

,

Attilio Di Girolamo

¹

Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, University of Bari-Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine Oncology section

Marcello Albanesi Allergy and Immunology Unit, Bari, Italy

Adv Dermatol Allergol 2024; XLI (2): 239-241

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2024.138836

Online publish date: 2024/04/12

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Allergy to ceftazidime/avibactam: diagnosis and desensitization

Mattia Cristallo 1 , Nada Chaoul 2 , Marcello Albanesi 3 , Eustachio Nettis 1 , Attilio Di Girolamo 1

Mattia Cristallo

¹

,

Nada Chaoul

²

,

Marcello Albanesi

³

,

Eustachio Nettis

¹

,

Attilio Di Girolamo

¹